SnoSki14 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 It's going to rain for a long time now and it's going to just be a nasty early spring type day tomorrow. Luckily the antecedent cold wasn't stronger or things could've gotten bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgwp96 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 NO, HUH? How did you get that from this?? Serious question... i saw the clearing every time part and thought u cleaned the board every time u went to measure during a strom, sorry for the confusion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnionWeatherWx Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Already raining, temps are surging up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnionWeatherWx Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 It's going to rain for a long time now and it's going to just be a nasty early spring type day tomorrow. Luckily the antecedent cold wasn't stronger or things could've gotten bad. Would that be good or bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Snowfall totals across the region thus far: EWR 1.1", BDR 1.0", NYC 1.8", LGA 1.0", JFK 1.2", ISP 0.6", OKX 0.9" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 moderate sleet & fine flakes falling.. 3.4" of snow/sleet combo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Completely agree. But I also think every 6 hours works or when there's a phase change. I don't think the every 6 hours wiping of a board and wiping at a phase change are the same thing. Wiping at a phase change would essentially be saying that we are measuring snow and sleet separately. My main desire is that all measurements would be done the same way, whatever that way is. Admittedly there may be various purposes better served by different methods including, presumably, aviation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 i thought he meant he clears the board every time he measures? I re-read that and can see how his original post was ambiguous, but I think it has now been cleared up (the post, not the snowboard) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterwarlock Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 31 but it appears not to be freezing anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pamela Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Yes, but you are only reporting the one time when the depth was the greatest. The old way of wiping a board periodically and adding the totals is no longer prescribed (with certain exceptions mentioned in the pdf). If the rules are changed midway through the game then the entire climate dataset will be out of sync. Now that's not to say that we should be forever ruled by a method that may be unsound; but if we are to abandon it, we should only do so after a careful weighing of the potential costs & benefits of such a step. Had the "old way" been S.O.P. since the cooperative network was first established? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowshack Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Wound up with 1.25" snow here, now mostly sleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternLI Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Rain now, final snow total will be 1.3" for this. That makes it 49.3" for the season here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 If the rules are changed midway through the game then the entire climate dataset will be out of sync. Had the "old way" been S.O.P. since the cooperative network was first established? No. Not sure how long they were wiping the board, but the old old way was closer to the current way. There could have been multiple changes in the guidelines over the past 150 years; I don't know. And you are correct in that the climate dataset is out of synch. February 1978 and March 1888 are perfect examples of long duration storms where the snowfall reported in NYC was considerably less than would have been reported under more recent "board wiping" guidelines. You can't do an accurate comparison of one of those to, say February 2006 when the max snow depth was less than the total snowfall reported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doncat Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Very treacherous here with freezing rain continuing after 1.2" snow/sleet...temp is rising though, up to 31 now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Plain rain on the upper west side which is fine with me. Staying up all night scrapping ice isn't my cup of tea 1.5" with .3 of sleet an ice 1.8" which i think is the first time I have ever agreed with the zoo keeper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 32 here now. There is a small ice build up, but its plain rain now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Sleet, 25f Highland lakes nj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgwp96 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Went to freezing rain here . Temps have rose. 2 degrees since it went to zr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnionWeatherWx Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Its 52 F in Morgantown, WV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Dobbs Ferry, NY ZR 30/28 1.5" new snow Very treacherous in Westchester with heavy freezing rain and a coating on all surfaces. Roads are a skating rink. Temp is rising however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithB Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Its 52 F in Morgantown, WV.We are going to be very jealous of them in about 36 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UlsterCountySnowZ Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Still heavy sleet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterwarlock Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Plain rain here now..hopefully tomorrow night is wetter than whiter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnionWeatherWx Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Above freezing now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 I don't think the every 6 hours wiping of a board and wiping at a phase change are the same thing. Wiping at a phase change would essentially be saying that we are measuring snow and sleet separately. My main desire is that all measurements would be done the same way, whatever that way is. Admittedly there may be various purposes better served by different methods including, presumably, aviation. They aren't the same thing at all. I just think wiping the board every 6 hours and measuring at a phase change are more accurate. But I will continue to follow guidelines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwcMan Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 32 degrees. Rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleetStormNJ Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Still freezing on contact here. Just was outside. Think I'm right at 30,31 based on the surface/thermo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantom X Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 The dreaded 33 and rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Gorilla Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Pingers and 27 all the way up here in the Poughkeepsie jungle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 1.5" snow, 1.5" sleet. All rain now at 27*. Ice what Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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